Self v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• suggesting that the distrust of extrajudicial confessions may be dissipating due to developments in the law
• stating that proof of corpus delicti may not be made by an extrajudicial confession alone
• stating that proof of corpus delicti may not be made by an extrajudicial confession alone
• suggesting that the distrust of extrajudicial confessions may be dissipating due to developments in the law
• “If there is some evidence corroborating the confession, the confession may be used to aid in the establishment of the corpus delicti.”
• proof of the corpus delicti may not be made by an extrajudicial confession alone

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

92 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDuff v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-22· cited 1,412×
• Carrizales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-12-11· cited 296×
• Gribble v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-20· cited 251×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-03-12· cited 185×
• Fisher v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-31· cited 183×
• Penry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-09· cited 181×
• Gibbs v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 176×
• Farris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 160×
• Salazar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-09· cited 154×
• Freeman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-05-18· cited 152×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 147×
• Dunn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-11-05· cited 135×
• Wilder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-31· cited 115×
• Easley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-04-12· cited 102×
• Zavala v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-09-12· cited 73×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-24· cited 73×
• McKittrick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-09-20· cited 70×
• Valore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-01-19· cited 69×
• Lincecum v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-16· cited 63×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-05-24· cited 60×